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parental

parental

4 3.5
Of the mother and father plants or animals used to make hybrids
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɛrənˌtəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : parental
  • In present studies, the F3 populations and their parental lines revealed varied values for oil content.
  • parental cultivars
  • parental genotypes
  • parental lines

Examples

  • In biology class, we studied how the genes from two parental species combine to produce a hybrid.

  • Notice that these are the parental types of chromosomes.

  • Thus, many offspring left in the care of the parental male are not his own.

    Academic text (2005)

  • So we can ask again, how well did the hybrid survive relative to the parental species?

  • Nonetheless, no male animal is known to be more specialized for parental care than the seahorse.

    Academic text (1990)

  • A female and the larger parental male spawn amid sand and grass in only about two feet of water.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Few studies have investigated the psychosocial outcomes of these children in adulthood or the parental psychiatric history variables that predict resilience.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Among the parental genotypes, MN-98 showed the highest number of grains per pod, followed by MN-51.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The documentary explained how environmental factors can influence the parental traits passed on to offspring.

  • Scientists are researching how traits from both parental organisms affect the development of their young.

Synonyms

reproductive
vsparental
139 4.5

Relating to making new living things like babies or young animals

is about the generation that produces hybrid offspring specifically
procreative
vsparental
3 6.9

Relating to producing young

is about the generation that produces hybrid offspring specifically
progenitive
vsparental
  • Archaic
9.5

Able to produce offspring or new things

is about the generation that produces hybrid offspring specifically

Antonyms

filial
  • Specialized
8.1

A generation that comes from certain parents

Compounds

parental leave
  • Formal
5 3.4

Time off work to care for a new child after birth or adoption

parental unit
  • Informal
3 6.8

A joking, informal word people use for a parent or guardian

parental quality
1 4.8

A good trait in someone who cares for a child

How Inherited

hereditary
  • Specialized
22 5.1
parental
  • Specialized
4 3.5
nonparental
  • Specialized
8.1

Surface Forms

parental positive

Morphology

parental = parent (transparent) = parent + al

The biological sense still directly means 'of the parent generation', so the suffixal relation remains clear.

Etymology

Parental also comes from parent, from the Latin parere meaning 'to give birth'. In biology parental talks about the parents or the parent generation that make the offspring, so it shows where traits come from.